Putty-trowel.



s. F. WRIGH'I. PUTTY TROWEL.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 20, 1910. RENEWED JAN. 6, 1912.

. 1,019,399, Patented Mar. 5, 1912.

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application filed October 30, 1910, Serial No;

' Be it known-that I,"SA1\rz.Fl-Wmenr,; zen of the United States, residing at'Anna;

. in the countyiof Collin and State of; Texas,

.55 have'invented certain new. and useful Improvements in .Putty-Trowels, of whichithe following is a specification. 5-. v r

This invention has for" its primary. object a simple and eflicient constructionoftrowel for applying putty to windownpanes and sashes, the putty applying, blade being ="-double ended and c'apable'ofb'ing used with equal facility at the right or lefthand'side of a window frame-without reversing the positionof the tool, the blade embodying curved ends and a fiat or plain intermediate,

- o -m n'p rtio y s idm rv dim s.being. formed with oppositely beveled fed ges,'

whereby the putty maybe conveniently-ap plied and run to the desiredshapein the angle-between the sash and pane by a movet of the blade in one direction and subsequently properly smoothed by merely changing slightly the angle of the blade and smoothing it backwardly over the putty. And the invention also has for its .object a simple tool of thischaracter embodying an improved construction of hard putty removing knife.

With these and other objects in view as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions, arrangements and combinations of the parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which: I

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating one application of my improved glaziers tool; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the device; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the device, showing its use, a part being broken away and a portion of a window sash and frame being shown, in horizontal section; and, Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the hard putty knife employed and related parts.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the blade of my improved putty trowel, said blade being formed with rear- ""Specifijcation of Lettersjfateht x I Patented Mal 5, 1912.

88,134. Renewed January 6, 1912. Serial No. 669,883.

curved ends being formed 1 with oppositely beveled edges 3, said edges being preferably of equal width, that is, as clearly illustrated in the drawingathe bevehof each end of the blade extends 'in opposite directions from a central-primiddle point in the length of the blade; -Theablade "1 is securedfto a shank 4 and the. shank :is-;designed to extend entirely through-a preferably. .wooden handle 5,- the 'shankebeingabent intermediate of its 1 ends, whereby the zbladewyill; be held .at an angle or in an oblique ielationto the handle. Preferably, the shank 4: is formed atone end of handle with shoulders 4 designed to enga e 1-;aeae ale q cure y. eld ithe ferru e in "p ace in the andle,

shank is 'of a length. to extend entirely yond the same, the projecting end of the shank being threaded, as at 4.

6 designates a knife which is designed to remove the hard putty and which embodies oppositely beveled cutting edges 7, the knife being substantially of spear shape, as shown. The knife 6 is formed at its base with a rectangularly disposed apertured ear 8 which is adapted to be slipped over the the. nut 9 serves not only to hold the knife 6 in place, but also to hold the shank securely in the handle 5. Preferably, the in- .ner face of the ear 8 is ridged or roughened, as indicated at 10, the ridges embedding themselves in the adjoining end of the handle 5 so as to prevent the knife 6 from turning relative to the handle. If desired, the apertured ear 8 of the knife 6 may be formed with a tongue 11 adapted to slide in a groove 12 formed in the threaded end of the shank 4, whereby when the parts are in place and the nut 9 tightly screwed up, the shank i will be prevented from turning around in thehandle and wear will thereby be precluded.

In the practical use of my improved putty trowel, when the same is employed to apply putty to the angle between a window pane and sash, the putty may be easily applied by running the blade along the angle with the handle slightly tilted so that one of the beveled edges 3 acts on the putt-y and gives it the desired shape. A subsequent slight tilting of the handle 5 will then threaded end 4: of the shank 4, being held thereon by a nut 9. It will thus be seen that and apreferably fiat intermediate or main portion, each of said The throu'gh the handle and some distance bedow sash, 'or 'by reversing the movement after one side has been operated lupon-lby a} bevel edge. By manipulating'the tool back" 1 andforth,'iit is obviol s' a very smoothfifinish 7 may be-secured; .rIt visialsoj; obvious that the- M device iscap'able ofworkingat-either side of,

the ;sash,"withoiit reversing the position 'of the'tool in ,theTha-nd Fofthe operator. and that the puttyinay bel applied byimoying "ithe' re verse, owingl toi the double aendedikionstruc bring the'iiat intermediate or portion of the blade 1 directly against the putty socas to smooth the same,'and'it is obvious that this last named operation may be performed by continuing the initial direction" of movement of the trowel around the Qwirv the tool eitherlmone direction-o tion of the blade with its :oppositelyj bey eled 1. edges 53;? :--In; rimmin -m d the knife; Gaiisgbrought into play: 1; Thi's gknife l .c'an jobyiouslyyhe"usedieither right=haiidle1l on left handled,'owingtmthe bevelredg'esif', I for reversing the position of .the tool in the hand-'ofith e eme Having thus described the invention, is claimed as new is:

' A 'glaz'iers'tool, comprising a blade having. a flat intermediate portion with the ends tiirned slightly backward, the backwardly turned portions being, oppositely beveled, a handle, a shank connected to the blade 'and. extending through the handle in the form of a rod, said shank being bent at an angle'to the longitudinahplane of the handle and-threaded at itsifree end, a knife having oppositely beveled edgesv and with a laterally directed. earthrough' which the threaded portion of said shank extends, and

aiclamp' nut engaging the threaded end of the rod and operating to' clamp theear and the knife connected-thereto, to the handle.

' In: testimony'whereof, I alfixmy signature inflpre'sence' of two witnesses, 5 r 

